December 3, 2011 - Holidays Abound at the Disneyland Resort

Saturday was a busy day for the Disneyland Resort. Apart from being well into the holiday season, the parks were bustling with guests anticipating the traditional Candlelight Ceremony and Processional.

It was also a special media day in which various outlets were invited to check out the holiday festivities including a special setup at the Festival Arena which includes snacks, characters, and general merriment.

Booth 8 was home for check-in for both the Media Event and the Candlelight event.

Buy a hopper! Mickey has a tail again.

Holiday dressed Horseless Streetcar passes by all the Candlelight setup.

Gary Sinise is narrator this year for Disneyland.

The Train Station closed early this weekend for Candlelight ceremony.

A few attractions and areas also closed for Candlelight including Captain Eo which serves as a staging area.

Holiday-themed gift cards are available around the resort.

So incredibly adorable.

Looks like the pumps are caringly serviced by Chevron. All they are missing is the Oswald toppers.

These Condor Flats pumps are also serviced by Chevron. Decade to decade they are everywhere. They service the future too at the Autopia attraction.

A look at on-going Carsland construction...

Toy Story halted for about a minute and then continued as normal.

I'm on the left, Nftysqrt on the right.

Red and white at the Blue Sky Cellar.

Loving the color in the parks.

Over at the Media Event area in the Festival Arena there were a few photo-ops set up.

Cookie decorating, yum!

Pretzels.

Cookies.

More desserts.

The talented Joe Yakovetic sketching up one awesome piece after the other by request.